If you're struggling to decide on a name for your baby, one idea might be to choose one that associates itself with the season in which your baby was born.

Perfect Spring Names For Girls
Names of flowers evoke images of warm and relaxing spring days. Floral inspired names include: Bluebell, Primula, Primrose Viola and Violet.

Spring associated names you may also like to consider include Anthea, April, Blossom, Ceres, Fleur, Ingrid, May, Phoebe and Tami.

Dawn is a name that makes us think of "new beginnings" which we associate with Spring, whilst in Greek mythology, Demeter, was the Goddess responsible for making the earth bloom and blossom in the spring and summer. Persephone, her daughter was the goddess of spring growth.

In Roman mythology Eirene (or Irene) was the goddess of peace and of the season of Spring.

It is said that a French peasant girl, Saint Bernadette, visualized the Virgin Mary and uncovered a spring near Lourdes where people experienced miraculous cures.

For Boys
Dennis is a popular name for spring born boys. The name is associated with Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, responsible for the growth of the vines in the spring and therefore the originator of winemaking.

Also derived from Dennis are: Dennison, Denzel, Denit, and Dion.

Other boy names linked to Spring are Alver, Atherton, Dathan, Jarek and Kelby, Rockwell meaning "rock spring" and Rothwell meaning "red spring".

Mars, the Roman God that rules over the astrological sign of Aries is at the root of names such as Marcus and Marcel. Other forms of Marcus are Mark, Marko and Markey.

For babies born under the fire sign of Aries you may wish to consider names associated with fire including Aden, Aidan, Blaise, Brenton, Castor, Edan, Elmo, Flint and Phoenix.

Earthy names for Taurian born boys include Adam, Admon, Borak, Clay, Cronus and Damek.

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